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Added 10 October 2026

laupele

noun

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A flowering plant in the mallow family, commonly grown for its edible leaves, Abelmoschus manihot.

Origin

From Samoan laupele from lau (“leaf”) + pele (from Proto-Oceanic *bele (“a kind of shrub”)- compare Fijian bele (“Abelmoschus manihot”)).

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